An obituary to Yukio Yoneda (1950-2023)

Judy C G Sng; Akio Wanaka; Andrew J Lawrence; Graham Johnston

doi:10.1111/jnc.16119

An obituary to Yukio Yoneda (1950-2023)

J Neurochem. 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1111/jnc.16119. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Judy C G Sng¹, Akio Wanaka², Andrew J Lawrence³, Graham Johnston⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore City, Singapore.
² Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara City, Nara, Japan.
³ Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Pharmacology, Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 38714367
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.16119

Abstract

Yukio Yoneda died on 31 December 2023, at 73 years old after a long fight against cancer. He was an eminent neurochemist in academia and industry and also had leadership roles within the International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) and the Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (APSN) and Japanese Society for Neurochemistry (JSN). Photo credit: Yukio Yoneda provided the APSN with the photo during his service to APSN.